Pretty much dedicated to reloading and storage of related items. Next bench over, a retired home made loading bench, now holds a drill press, a vise, a grinder and a Lyman Lubesizer. A little more versatile.

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Load in my shop. My bench is pretty much dedicated to hand loading and storage for same. Also have bench for casting. Both pretty loaded up, but both have wheels so I can move them to service my tank....

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I am blessed and have a very large room as a work area. I have three of the old Lowe's wood work benches attached together along one wall. It has pretty much become my reloading bench and has two turret presses and two shotshell reloaders mounted on it. I also have three sizes of vices and two ultrasonic cleaners on this enlarged bench. The vises are used for whatever comes along and the ultrasonic units are used mostly for antique clock parts and movement cleaning. I have another very large work bench on the other side of the room which is mainly used for restoration work on clock cases. It has also been used occassionaly for furniture and gun stock restoration. At another end of the room I have a small bench dedicated for gun cleaning. In the center of the room directly below a large florecent light fixture is a beautiful antique watch maker's bench. It is a much higer bench and allows intricate and close to the eye work. I use it specifically for the diassembly and reassembly of clock movements.

My wife claims I can get lost for hours in my quasi man cave. This room is also connected to our home's back-up generator in case of a power outage.

Actually, my bench does triple duty. I reload on it, tie flies after removing the press (attached with wing nuts), and use the bench to clean my guns. For a while, I was using my desk for tying and cleaning, but with my computer and work/research stuff on the top, my desk was getting cluttered. We live in a small place so I built a portable bench so that it can be stored out of the way if necessary.

Eventually, I hope to have enough space to dedicate a different bench for each purpose ith room to spare for a shop/garage, but that's likely far in the future.

You might try the Lee Bench Plate kit. I gave it a try since I was tired of bolting and unbolting all of my presses and equipment to the same bench. With the Bench Plate kit from Lee I don't have that problem.

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My bench does everything. Reloading, woodworking, mechanic-ing, helping grandkids with experiments. Right now it's recharging a battery. Lots of memories on that bench. Sometimes I can stand at the bench and look at the stains and nicks and dings and the memories are so thick that I have to brush them away from my face like gnats. It's about six feet long on each wing, a big "L" shaped bench made of construction lumber in the garage. During large family gatherings it's where the men hang-out and it's even done triple duty as an overflow dinner table.

Mine is an old desk with a press attached to it in my garage. It tends to accumulate crap between loading sessions. Never have figured out where this "stuff" magically appears from. . . . As a result, of course, I have to clear it before loading again.

Very compact space but it forces me to stay neat during a loading session, even if the session lasts for several days. Everything is stored in a metal cabinet above the load space and goes back when I'm done.

I don't have a dedicated loading bench. I have 5 loaders (Dillon + 4 MECs) and all are on portable stands. I can load in front of the TV, outside on a nice day or, like last time, in my buddy's garage in the next town.

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